"Antoni Porowski isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel with his new healthy fast-casual restaurant Village Den, but he wants to be the one steering the car. His first step in creating the menu ahead of the all-day restaurant’s opening next week in New York City’s West Village was to accept an ingredient he has a complicated relationship with. Porowski initially fought to keep avocados off the menu entirely because of the reputation he got on Queer Eye for his “obsession” with using them in every dish. Eventually, he caved, putting avocado on a citrus salad and a tartine topped with pickled beets for a crunchy, colorful nod to his Polish heritage." - ByAlyse Whitney
